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Gotta say, I'm less than thrilled that my chance of survival is linked to the (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo May 2020 OP
When you put it like that Ferryboat May 2020 #1
Dead Man Walking, I'd say, if you're gonna put it like that. ret5hd May 2020 #2
It isn't...... whistler162 May 2020 #3
Or lack of. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #4
Never depend on someone else's better nature... Wounded Bear May 2020 #5
It always is. surrealAmerican May 2020 #6
That's what democracy was supposed to be for... SinisterPants May 2020 #7
Pretty much sums it up for all of us. Fla Dem May 2020 #8
Reminds me of one from the fun filled Cold War days sarge43 May 2020 #9
 

SinisterPants

(89 posts)
7. That's what democracy was supposed to be for...
Thu May 7, 2020, 10:08 PM
May 2020

depending on the common sense of the masses is mob rule, and democracy was designed to prevent it, as well as nobility rule.

Unfortunately, we have some design flaws.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
9. Reminds me of one from the fun filled Cold War days
Fri May 8, 2020, 11:10 AM
May 2020

"Our lives are depended upon Soviet computer technology", Carl Sagan.

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